The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington has told a federal judge that it does not have the staffing to respond to every immigration detention habeas petition now being filed in the district. The office said the volume of cases tied to immigration enforcement has become unmanageable, and that in some matters it may file no response…
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A New York appellate court on Wednesday heard arguments in Donald Trump’s bid to undo his 2024 felony conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case, focusing on two issues with implications well beyond this prosecution: how presidential-immunity principles apply in a state criminal case, and whether prosecutors properly relied on another alleged crime to elevate misdemeanor falsified-records charges into felonies.
Continue Reading New York Appellate Panel Probes Trump’s Hush-Money Conviction on Immunity and Charging Theory

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed expanding the range of securities that registered funds may cross trade, a notable rulemaking step for the investment management industry and the lawyers who advise it. While this is not an enforcement action, it is the kind of regulatory shift that can meaningfully alter how advisers structure affiliated transactions, supervise trading activity, and…
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The Tenth Circuit’s recent decision in No. 26-6138 is worth a close read for litigators tracking how the court is approaching appellate review, issue preservation, and the framing of legal arguments on appeal. Although the docket entry is styled simply as an “Opinion,” the court’s analysis underscores a familiar but important lesson: appellate outcomes often turn as much on procedure…
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The Second Circuit’s November 3, 2026 motion order in docket 26-1835 denies the appellant’s request for an injunction pending appeal — a form of emergency appellate relief that can be outcome-determinative long before the merits are fully briefed. While the order appears procedural on its face, it is the kind of filing appellate and trial litigators should watch closely because…
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The Ninth Circuit’s November 2, 2026 opinion in Opinion (Prisoner), No. 25-4650, is a useful reminder of how closely appellate courts scrutinize prisoner claims at the pleading, summary judgment, and procedural-default stages. Although the caption gives little away, the decision appears to address recurring issues in prisoner litigation: what a plaintiff must show to keep constitutional claims alive, how…
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Clarifies Key Limits in Prisoner Appeals

Weekend legal news often reflects a familiar pattern: the most consequential developments emerge late Friday or Saturday, when courts, agencies, and litigants release decisions and announcements that will shape the coming week. This Sunday’s legal landscape appears to be defined by that dynamic, with major attention on court rulings, significant lawsuits and settlements, enforcement activity, regulatory movement, and notable criminal…
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The Second Circuit has dismissed as moot an appeal seeking to halt enforcement of New York’s independent-expenditure disclosure rules as applied to ads tied to the 2025 New York City mayoral race, leaving the challenged regime in place without resolving the underlying constitutional questions.

The dispute arose from a challenge by American Future Fund to New York’s political-ad disclosure requirements…
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